“Getting your pen to fly, glide and land with speed, purpose and precision, and what beach calligraphy has to teach”
Engage in an entirely unique workshop! We have selected a studio near the beach and the beach will teach us all sorts of wonderful things about pen and paper calligraphy.
The workshop will begin at Rick Paulus’s Wareham, MA studio with a study in hand-arm mechanics and how they can be used for easier precision, for getting your pen to go where you need it to go. Then, we will delve into how different rhythms can be used to naturally produce different styles. We’ll apply the concept of ergonomics to calligraphy, exploring how your posture and height at the table relates to your calligraphy, right down to how to change it for different hands. We will explore sensing the body’s momentum and tension for specific movements in your calligraphy using wind-up and release.
If you are surprised how liberating all this can be you will be blown away by the effect of beach calligraphy! Over 3 days , one full day and 2 mornings will be spent indoors with pen and paper and 2 afternoons will be spent on the beach. Check out Andrew’s Instagram (@beachscriber) to see his calligraphy works in motion! As calligraphers we tend to think in two dimensions — the plane of a page — but cutting into the sand of a beach gets you seeing the third dimension, and ink and paper calligraphy in a new light. This part of the workshop will alternate between play (lots of cool tools to explore) and rhythm and movement insights.
WHEN: September 29, 30 and October 1, 2023, 9AM – 5PM
WHERE: Rick Paulus’s Studio, Wareham, MA, and nearby Scusset Beach
COST: $250 for members, $280 for non-members (includes $30 annual membership). Workshop limited to sixteen participants. Eight student minimum must be confirmed by August 1 to avoid cancelling this workshop. To pay your dues or to join Masscribes, refer to the Masscribes membership page.
LEVEL: All skill levels
REGISTRATION: Opens June 30, 2023 at 10AM Eastern Time
Download the flyer with registration information HERE.
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Click HERE for TRAVEL DIRECTIONS, LODGING and FURTHER INFORMATION.
Click here for Andrew van der Merwe’s BIO and his Instagram (@beachscriber).
To register for this workshop, please scroll down to submit the registration form in the bottom of this page (if you don’t see the form, please click HERE) and proceed to the payment page.
